Muhammad Kaleema b, Aneela Zameer Durrania b c d✉, Muhammad Arif Rizwana b, Muhammad Asif Araine, Muhammad Saeedf g h, Zohaib Ahmed Bhuttoe h, Khushal Khan Kasib i, Umar Bachab d j
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B ovine brucellosis in livestock is distributed almost all over the world (Anka et al., 2014).It is a contagious disease and can affect the human population.It is considered as one of world's most widespread zoonotic disease (Makita et al., 2011) and second most important after rabies (Shafee et al., 2011).It is prevalent in the Africa, Middle East, Asia, Central and South America (Bakhtullah et al., 2014).It is caused by Gram negative bacteria of genus Brucella (Anka et al., 2014) and has six main species such as Brucella suis, Brucella abortus, Brucella ovis, Brucella melitensis, Brucella canis and Brucellaneotomae (Makita et al., 2011).In cattle, brucellosis is generally caused by the B. abortus and B. melitensis (Anka et al., 2014).Most of the Brucella strains are highly pathogenic for the human population (Goni et al., 2008) as indicated by the presence of Brucella meltensis and Brucella abortusin pregnant women (Khan et al., 2001) and Brucella in man (Mai et al. 2013).Bovine brucellosis causes serious economic losses in the cattle and buffalo, as a consequences of the late abortion, stillbirths, slaughtering of the infected animals, reduction in meat and milk production (Calistri et al., 2013), low fertility and cost of replacement of the animals (Shafee et al., 2011).In males it causes orchitis and epididymitis while Short CommunicationAbstract | Brucellosis is one of the drastic disease of zoonotic significance.The disease is not only endemic to Pakistan but also to other South Asian countries.As a result, economic losses are escalating due to the burden posed by Brucellosis in the investigated area.The present study included herd demographic, management characteristics and risk factors as variables.Total of 66 cattle were identified at Pindi Bhatian dairy farm, Punjab Pakistan.Information on the risk factors was collected by filling the questionnaire from dairy farm workers.The blood sample was collected from 66 female cattles age range of 1.5 to 6 years on average.The serum was analyzed through Rose Bengal Test (RBPT) and i-ELISA.Out of the total, 42 samples positive (63.64%) with the RBPT and 38 (57.58%) samples were positive with the iELISA indicating the sensitivity of this test Crossbreed (22 cases) vs 16 cases in the Friesian breed.Relative Risk (RR) towards Brucella antigen.By comparison, the number of iELISA positive cases were high in for the breed (Crossbreed and exotic breed) was (p=0.1855;CI (95%).The animals with 6 years age (n=20 cases) were found to be high vs. 1.5 years.As for as abortion is concerned, it was found only in the 6 animals during the 3 rd trimester irrespective of the age.Based on the findings, the disease is seems to be endemic in the area, perhaps, due to partial or no vaccination.Also, the area presents poor biosecurity measures and management.It is therefore, warranted to adopt good surveillance system for early identification of the brucellosis outbreak and appropriate measure for further control-transmission of the brucellosis.
